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Postcard showing a man sitting in a miniature covered wagon, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931

Date

1931

Description

A postcard showing an unidentified man and dog sitting in a miniature covered wagon pulled by two burros. Handwritten on the postcard: "An old desert rat, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1931. Vote for Frank Waite, Sheriff." Richie's Garage and Shell service station are seen in the background.

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Photograph of a vagabond, Nevada, circa 1930s-1940s

Date

1930 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

Black and white image of a desert vagabond traveling with his goat, ox, chicken, and dog. A vagabond is a person who travels because they have no stationary home.

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Photograph of Edwin Kiel, North Las Vegas (Nev.), 1893-1900

Date

1893 to 1900

Archival Collection

Description

Edwin Kiel posed next to a horse and a dog at Kiel Ranch. There is a haystack and mesquite corral in background. 0105 0122 is a duplicate copy of this photo. Site Name: Kiel Ranch (North Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Set of photographs including Par reporter, playhouse opening, Conventional Beauty Salon, and street scenes

Date

1964

Archival Collection

Description

Photographer's notations: Par Reporter, Playhouse opening, Dope adict pick-up on E St, Ted, Bennett receives gift from SS Mart, Dog & kid on street, Conventional Beauty Salon (Beatrice Propi [?]), Trash in alley. Some photos from this set were previously online with the digital ID pho022108.

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Possibly Mrs. Heisler or Mrs. Moffatt: photographic print

Date

1937 to 1943

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family. The woman featured here is either Mrs. Heisler, a sister to a gentleman who was at the Rhyolite Railroad Depot, or Mrs. Moffatt - - probably Mrs. Heisler. Fred Davies' dog, Boots, is also pictured. Probably late 1930s or early 1940s, somewhere in Nye County, Nevada.

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Men at the Princess Mill: photographic print

Date

1891-11-13

Description

At Candelaria, Nevada: Re Princess Mill, Nov. 13, 1891. Identified from left to right: S.F. newspaperman (a director of Holmes Mining Co.), Col. W.J. Sutherland-Pres., Arthur Ashley (timekeeper), Capt. Hultz (a large owner), Lindsay Simpson. Front row: Col. David Howell Jackson (Supt.), Sam Jones with Col. Jackson's dog-Tion, Prof. Storch (company chemist).

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Photograph of Jim and Belle Butler with two unidentified men, Tonopah, Nevada, circa 1900s

Date

1900 to 1909

Description

Prospector Jim Butler and his wife Belle (on the right) with two unidentified men and a dog sitting outside of a tent with a stovepipe coming through the top, probably in Tonopah, Nevada. Jim Butler struck the first gold and silver ores in Tonopah and Belle Butler struck the Mizpah Mine claim in Tonopah.

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Film transparency of people at a dock on Lake Mead, circa 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

An image of two men helping a woman out of a boat on Lake Mead. Their fishing catch and a dog are also visible.

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